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New IAM legal research tool aids busy patent professionals in the global licensing landscape

“Primary Sources” can fast-forward your queries about jurisdictions around the world

AI is posing many challenges but we are finding ways to overcome them, says US Copyright Office Director

Shira Perlmutter, one of this year’s IP Hall of Fame inductees, speaks to IAM about her career and the big issues currently facing the copyright world

Dutch businesses increasingly proactive about trade secret misappropriation

The volume of cases appears to be picking up pace in the Netherlands with key rulings offering guidance on confidentiality clubs and patenting of misappropriated trade secrets

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US FTC votes through non-compete clause ban spelling uncertainty for trade secret strategy

The prohibition is facing legal challenges but businesses still need to review their restrictive covenants

25 April 2024

Japan’s bolstering of trade secrets law set to benefit IP owners

Amendments to the Unfair Competition Prevention Act are now in force, encouraging companies to rethink strategies at a time of growing employee mobility

23 April 2024

Inventors, patent counsel alarmed about Sonos-Google prosecution laches appeal

Amicus briefs warn that Judge Alsup’s prosecution laches ruling against Sonos, if left standing in the Federal Circuit, will curb continuation application practice and harm innovators

18 April 2024

USPTO issues rulemaking on PTAB discretionary denials

The patent agency's new notice of proposed rulemaking builds upon public comments from two previous feedback requests and it aims to strengthen patent quality -- balanced with limiting "counterproductive challenges and costs"

18 April 2024

Brazil Supreme Court affirms term adjustment of non-pharmaceutical Monsanto patent

The decision hands an agribusiness asset case back to the trial court with potentially heavy financial ramifications for the IP owner and parent company Bayer

17 April 2024

Delhi High Court rules on process for amending patent claims during PCT application entry into India

In a prosecution case concerning the patentability of a method of agriculture, the Delhi High Court has clarified the legislation governing claim amendments and established that methods of treatment of plants are distinct from traditional methods of agriculture. The judgment underscores the importance of reasoned orders from the Indian Patent Office.